10/12 – Thursday 星期四 Quinta-feira · 20:30
When The Tiger Roars
Dir. LAM Can-zhao | China | 2025 | 15:00
A tiger’s escape shatters the long silence between a father and his son, with suppressed love shining through the crack.
In a tranquil village, 12-year-old Dan must confront school bullying and his strained relationship with his father. However, his weekend descends into chaos when a tiger escapes from the zoo. This story intricately weaves together the delicate and complex connections between school, family, and community, revealing how conservative father-son relationships ferment and reach understanding amidst pressure and love.
Content advisory: animal carcass.
一隻老虎的逃脫，打破了父子之間長久的沉默，壓抑的愛從那道裂縫中透出光來。在一個寧靜的村莊裡，12 歲的阿丹必須面對校園霸凌，以及他與父親緊繃的關係。然而，當動物園的老虎逃脫，他的週末陷入一片混亂。這個故事細密地編織起學校、家庭與社群之間微妙而複雜的連結，揭示保守的父子關係如何在壓力與愛之中發酵，最終走向理解。
Crawling Into Myself
Dir. Hamad AlFayhani | Qatar | 2025 | 13:31
Bader, a young man grappling with a rare illness that erases his facial features, retreats from the world when treatments fail. In a bid to help him maintain a semblance of normalcy, his mother crafts hyper-realistic masks. However, feeling increasingly alienated, Bader chooses seclusion, barricading himself in his room. As the outside world fades, his environment begins its own eerie transformation. Amidst his isolation, Bader forms an unlikely bond with a beetle—the sole witness to his inward journey and the stark realities of his condition. Through Bader’s transformation, the film explores the profound impacts of illness and the unsettling peace found in surrendering to the uncontrollable forces shaping our existence.
巴德是一名年輕人，罹患一種會抹去他面部特徵的罕見疾病。治療失敗後，他從世界退縮。為了讓他維持一點正常的模樣，母親為他製作栩栩如生的面具。然而，巴德愈發感到疏離，選擇自我封閉，把自己堵在房間裡。當外面的世界逐漸褪去，他的周遭也開始詭異地變形。在這份孤絕之中，巴德與一隻甲蟲建立起意想不到的情誼——牠是他內心旅程、以及他病況殘酷現實的唯一見證。透過巴德的轉變，本片探究疾病帶來的深遠衝擊，以及在順服於那些塑造我們存在的、無法掌控的力量時，所尋得的那份令人不安的平靜。
HYENA
Dir. Altay Ulan Yang | China, United States | 2025 | 20:00
In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, a storm strikes.
Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.
在一座與世隔絕的城堡裡，學生們正為一場足以改變命運的考試作準備。當期待升溫至沸點，一場風暴驟然來襲。他們被困在逐漸崩塌的牆垣之內，這座學術聖殿變成牢籠，心神開始崩潰。
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